| | Today's Forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. | | | | | Reminder! On Monday, May 20th, from 1 to 3 PM, at the Community Room of the Mount Holly Library, Green Mountain Neighbors will be sponsoring a FREE interactive session with Master Gardener, Jim Corven. Jim will discuss seasonal garden ideas, including soil preparation, transplanting tricks, and home composting, and answer your gardening questions. Soil test sample materials will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring extra garden seedlings (veggies or flowers) to trade or extra seeds to exchange. Do not dig up plants from your gardens to exchange! Please REGISTER for this event, as we know will be a subject of great interest to many "green thumbs" out there and our space is limited. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/4rrwk59t Learn more about Jim and his gardening work at https://vermonthomegardener.com/ Green Mountain Neighbors is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that aims to help seniors in the towns of Mount Holly, Shrewsbury and Wallingford thrive in their homes and communities. Find out more about what we do at: https://greenmountainneighbors.org/ | | | | | Shrewsbury Singers' Concert – This Sunday (5/19) @ 3:00 pm! The Shrewsbury Singers present "Singing on a Sunday Afternoon", an informal concert of acapella singing, on Sunday, May19th, 3:00PM at the Shrewsbury Meeting House. Please join us in harmony as we share songs that span centuries and come from various world traditions, both near & far. This is a family-friendly concert!
We will be collecting food donations for the Shrewsbury Food Shelf. Concert admission is a "Free Willing Offering" to benefit the Shrewsbury Singers.
For more information about the Shrewsbury Singers, please contact the Music Director, Licia Gambino (hamgam@vermontel.net OR 802-492-3792). | | | | | Hi Betsy – Attached is a reminder about the upcoming Pierce's Store
Long-Term Planning Meeting at the Shrewsbury Meeting House, next
Thursday May 23rd at 6:30. It will be a great opportunity to collaborate with our community in charting the future of Pierce's Store. Long-term planning | | |
| | Today's Forecast: A chance of rain showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. East wind 2 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
| | | | | Rutland Author prepares to Sign His New Book John Swanson, Rutland-based author, is now preparing to release his new book, "War Tears: A Journey from Vermont to Gettysburg", as part of a larger fund-raising effort of the residents at the Gables forthcoming Tag Sale on May 25. He will have copies of his opus in three formats: paperback, hardcover, and Large Print paperback. Swanson will be signing copies of the book. He is currently working on writing a new book with a working title of ". . . and then". Pictured below are Gables residents, Carol Freeman, John Swanson, and Randi Majorell, as they review the book prior to the sale. They indicated that the number of copies available is limited. | | | | | VETERANS MONUMENT DONATIONS The Veterans Monument, located near the lower level door of the library in Belmont Village, is in need of repair. After more than six decades of exposure to the elements the top row of stones have become loose. The restoration work will include adding a one-piece stone along the top at an angle to allow moisture to run off. The town is accepting donations toward the more than $1500 project. Please make your checks payable to The Town of Mount Holly and mention Veterans Monument in the memo line. Call Dennis at 802-259-2460 with any questions. | | | | | The Trail Running Film Festival is just a couple of days away, do
you have your tickets yet? There are 8 films in this year's line up, and
you don't want to miss them!
Friday 5/17/24 at the Heald
Auditorium (Ludlow Town Office) Doors open at 6:30, films start at
7:00. Total length is about 1 hour and 45 minutes with a 15 minute
intermission included. | | |
| | Today's Forecast: Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 63. South wind 1 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
| | | | | Merry Making Musicians at the Meeting House Saturday, May 18. 7 pm at the Shrewsbury Meetinghouse Free Will Donation Shrewsbury is overflowing with musicians, and after a long and wet Mud Season, they are ready to Spring into Action, to play for you and each other. Some solo acts, some duos, whole bands, etc. amid an ever fluid lineup of talented performers and a myriad of instruments and voices. A bunch of merry music making acts will each have 15-20 minutes in the spotlight. Will there be a stage? Maybe. Will there be a spotlight? Maybe. Will you see a beautiful sunset from the Meeting House? Probably. Will you enjoy our community of minstrels? Most definitely! We'll see you soon at the Shrewsbury Meeting House 88 Lottery Rd, in the heart of Shrewsbury Center | | |
| | Today's Forecast: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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